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English translation
(1). 3253. Abū Umāmah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ
said: "No people go astray after having been guided, but they resort to arguing." Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ recited this Āyah: '...They quoted not the above example except for argument. Nay! But they are a quarrelsome people...'[1] (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Sahīh. We only know of it as a narration of Hajjāj bin Dīnār, and Hajjāj is trustworthy, average in Hadīth. Abū Ghālib's name is Hazawwar. (Hajjāj and Abū Ghālib are narrators in the chain).
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[1] Ash-Shūra 42:30.
Commentary
When talking about the call and mission of the Prophets, the name of 'Eisā would be mentioned; the Quraish used to say, Muḥammad ﷺ criticised our gods but he admired 'Eisā and regarded him a deity. It was then said that those people said so merely for useless argument and quarrel, otherwise they knew very well that the Qur'an did not speak about 'Eisā as a deity, he was mentioned as an obedient servant of Allāh and a Messenger.
